Battlefield 2042’s first season delayed to summer, DICE tells players

Battlefield 2042’s first multiplayer season won’t launch until this summer, EA DICE said on Tuesday, while the studio works “on multiple fronts to address feedback and implement extensive fixes to the game.”

“This decision gives us the time to focus on improving the Battlefield 2042 experience while finalizing the development of our seasonal content, to ensure that it all reaches our standard for quality,” the studio said in a note to players.

Battlefield 2042The multiplayer-only title, launching on November 19th, is the first in franchise history. It promises four seasons of Battle Passes with tiered unlocks. These will include new maps and four playable characters. EA DICE, however, didn’t include or confirm any time frame for when the first season would start.

A month after launch, a data miner pulled references to a new map, possibly season 1’s, and a March 2022 release date. EA DICE, meanwhile, was busy over the holidays with two major title updates to fix problems or missing features. Battlefield 2042’s critical reception to all-time lows.

Tuesday’s note reminded players that Battlefield 2042With the next title update it would have its first scoreboard. sometime this month. The note also mentioned that VOIP communication would arrive soon, although it didn’t specify when.

Battlefield 2042 This was officially announced at EA Play 2021. However, Electronic Arts had earlier announced that Criterion had stopped making its Need for Speed games in support of EA DICE’s future. Battlefield 2042.

EA’s chief studios officer, Laura Miele, said at the time that “we have a great game and some incredible potential with this game,” that EA wanted to realize by bringing Criterion back to work on a shooter (the studio developed the Firestorm battle royale mode for 2018’s Battlefield 5). But Miele also acknowledged that pandemic work-from-home conditions had slowed development and left DICE “fatigued a bit.”

Battlefield 2042 It was initially scheduled to go live in October, but it was postponed a month until mid-November. This allowed tentpole shooters to compete with the launch. Vanguard: The Call of Duty And Halo Infinite. Seasons 1 and 2 of the multiplayer game are now available for free. Halo Infinite And At the Call of Duty Warzone Pacific began with their main games’ launch dates.